Wine Enthusiast:  Rated as Superb, one of the greats. "With this wine, Dolce cements its status as California’s most consistently great dessert wine. This year’s blend is 80% Sémillon and 20% Sauvignon Blanc, and the grapes were infected with the botrytis, resulting in the fantastic sweetness. Devastating in apricot, orange, pear, honey, vanilla and créme brûlée flavors, in an unctuous, viscous texture, with wonderfully clean acidity, it’s certainly one of the greatest sweet California wines in memory." Jun 2011

Winery:  "The 2006 Dolce is intensely fruity, driven by aromas of citrus and stone fruits, and layered with notes of honey and spice. Ripe peach and pear dominate in the nose and are complemented with notes of orange zest, dried apricot and fig. The palate is loaded with ripe and juicy apricot. It begins with a silky entry, followed by an unctuous and balanced mid-palate, and a mouthwatering, clean finish. With time we expect the emergence of the bottle bouquet, together with a subtle minerality, will beautifully showcase the fruit-forward nature of this youngster."

Wired For Wine:  This morning's temperature has reminded us how much we love sitting in front of a roaring fireplace.  Cue this unforgettable Dolce by Far Niente Late Harvest White dessert wine, named to Wine Enthusiast's prestigious "Top 100 Wines of 2011" list.  Forget dinner; we could just sit and sip this liquid gold all by itself.  This Dolce has gorgeous fruit from apricot and peach to pear and citrus flavors, vanilla and créme brûlée, as well as honey and spice, all beautifully balanced by perfect acidity.  Our mouths are watering already for this top notch late harvest treasure which Wine Enthusiast lovingly calls "one of the greatest sweet California wines in memory".  It pairs amazingly well with blue, goat and salty cheeses, nuts and nut desserts, fruit desserts, foie gras (much like its friend Sauternes) and custard dishes.  Our first choice is pignoli (pine nut) torta with marsala-poached autumn fruit. The two are about as close to perfection as you can get.  A real live warm lemon zabaglione is to-die-for delicious too.  A simple choice which still showcases the many complex and delicious layers of this "most consistently great dessert wine" is vanilla-poached, then broiled pineapple.  If savory is your preference, then make it a mature, room temperature French Roquefort cheese.  The fantastic sweetness  and stupendous fruit of the wine opposite the minerally salt of the cheese...  We might be in front of the fire, but we still have chills!

Size:  750ml; cork
Varietal:  late harvest 80% Sémillon and 20% Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol:  13.8%
Region:  Napa Valley, California
Limited Production:  1,500 dozen made